The Niagara County Migrant and Rural Ministry Clinic (Migrant Clinic) in northwestern New York State is an example of how the health care needs of migrant farmworkers can be met with limited assistance and funding from federal, state, or local agencies. This article relates the history of the Migrant Clinic and describes how various sources of funding and personnel are utilized to operate the clinic. In addition, several case examples from the clinic are presented to illustrate how nurses and outreach workers are able to overcome some of the obstacles that migrant farmworkers face in obtaining health care services. By relating the experiences of this clinic, we hope to provide others who offer health care to migrant farmworkers with ideas about establishing and managing a clinic to serve this population. © 1994, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

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